New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-10
NOT EASY FOR THE BARD.
AHARo FINISH IN THE EAroNTowN.
4HE GREAT COLT NOT IN A CONDITION TO sHo" HIS
HIGHEST SPEED.

HARD FINISH IN THE EArONio"N'
~vr npv.r COLT NOT IN CONDITION TO SHOW HIS
HIGHEST SPEED.
Few days this year at Monmouth have pieasea 'n0
oubc SO well and been SO disastrous 10 inc pooA
makers a. was yesterday. Eollan, sir DiAoh' ih'
pard and Confaion all fascinating favortes 10 'o
majority Of amateur spectators large and small anu
most of the visitors to the course went nome win
heavier pockets than they had in the morning whle
the bookmaker who did over afooting on tho
wrong side Of his account hard to find Oh course
Tho Bard carried of the Eatontown Stakes as almost
every one expected. but he seemet sluggish pcore 'hc
race, did not move with his usual hre and 'asi' an"
Hayw I'D had to ride him all tho way up the home
stretch. although the time was slow for the coho'o
of the track which better than II has been on any
other day this year. 1t Is true that under Hdy"a'"
strong riding and under the whip The Bard came away
from PrecO Ia and Climax at tho end ou. IL o"AO'
had been In the In good form The Bard hikns POI
haps have Just failed to take the prize from "o
son of Saxon One Of the best judges OF horsono'"
and of races In the country, j. .. Dohhcr' eau ~
tho Eatontown that he thought The BaIds lack Oh MS
usual speed was due to fact that he had Deeh ay
running In long and his WORK haa pceh VI "'
ture to f him for these and not for mile contests
This seems a reasonable explanation AS inc baiu u
10 meet yolante In the Champion Stakes on SATURDAY
at a mile and half, would have been unadui'efa'co
insanity 10 give him preparation only fitted for mile
dasbes at high speed And the Eatont0wn Is mhe'
The time would have been faster but that all VI tho
horses took matters easily for the hrst nan hho'
Climax and Preco ran In front, the Bard ana bar
NUN waiting behind. At the hafmile post the CasSat'
colt and old Barnum moved up. The OLD morse was
out of it long before the close, Dor on fast track
Barnum is never dangerous at mile. lie l. no
&sprinern and rating rather than speed has always
been his strong point. But Preco'ia anu ouiaN i""s
on to the last stride, the Haggn fly get'ng scconu
place. The Bard instead of sweating healthy cicdr
sweat, lathered badly Nevertheless nc "oh 'ho '"N.
and won Il handsomely. He did all that was ashed VI
him Yesterday and he will probably make life Dur
den 10 yoante In the Champion Stakes on saturday,
even IL his condition is not entirely satisfactory.
Green Morriss elegant colt Sir Dixon wa the pic
ture of perfection In training lie was nj 10 inc NM
ute and is so handsome and 50 gracetui hioNcr ma
after he appeared OH track there was tremendous
,,h 70 tho be,tnp ring TO back him, and he started
with Egyptlan pyramids of public money ON his Dach'
Fordbam Austrienne and Alexand la were nceiy
backed fer second pace. Alexandria Is p's' eoa.0
chestnut colt from the Melbourn Stable, son vi q"
setto and Patrimony. He was ridden Dy Oarrson'
which vas his only claim to public support as he mad
never run before and lacked quality entirely TIC
showed no speed In the race. j. b. Hagsin haa III 'ho
Camden Stakes the colt Alexander by King Alfonso
Jamaca full brother to FOxha but did not start h''
He also withdrew Gilmer and his stable was repie
scented by Figaro only wretchcd peas' 'ha' ne'0i
runs well. Peerless was withdfa"h' Dia!
lock came down from Saratoga 10 riuo
Sir Dixon and the colt easily running this time
I'D to his private form. In his previous races ITO Has
not been ripe He is now as fit as horse can oo anu
n wonderfully handsome creature, patrlcian beauty
ali over, a superb combination OF refinement anu 1
cacy of outline with force anu hie sir DIXON VIII
make bold bid for the great Junior Champion o'dh'e
ON saturday and FItz James, Los Angelo anu he VIII
have a great deal to say about the hnlSh ior ula'
splendid prize, with It's $4,000 added money MI
HaIdwin's splendid colt Emperor Of Norfolk was not
entered. Lucky uniuk Ky In that, ior IL ne hau
both Los Angees and the Emperor IN that stdhc ho
would hold a Practically Invlncl0le hand.
70 q AIN was ncditIy I'd ny sOmc OF INC pi'
booAusAcrs Tor second lace IN the Calh@h' pu'
tie, fofrot that thl, cot amounts to htIc tAccpt op
a heavy tlacn. Aus .nennc beat hun easily enough
for the pace, though McLauehin with MS uuD
quickness got OH long before the Cassatt my Oh
Dixon lot of TOO well, but Bay loch Wateu IA
tionuy aud came with an rcsistib-e Iu'h at INC li
Garrison bought EOan yessF"ay moinhe ~
s3,,O,, ,ut -, 900 him III the Dcllhe hhs' iou'
him In ca tain Browns colors IN the INST race aio
won ea-ily. The snapper Is bls hsuI1 0n
tun nuw and becomes bigger every cay. HIS every
suep l. attt ndcd ~ crowd of opei-hOu'hcd whit
crs. Eoiian is fast horse W 10 hl'c, Ou. go .
II Garrison never anO her race WIN Inn WV
IDvt stEeut ould show him handsome PIoh'. iN"'
fast mare Florence T.. cou.o lac got sc'OId lI0'
N CHM 4 nalAins Eai put up a really aUio "en
eight Jockey. They employed stere ana .Lc nsu,
that the mare was lhru hs'0"" VI
Brat getting the lace. - 80 ,, ,,,,tb
Euru, , a, first In the betting on the ioui'"
with only ninety loun's IN the sadie ca. turing
race at last, and easily az that, whhe Ponuco lap
second -, Til, 800
and there was sap Or mis-. But the ola hOIse
pulled W lame and no bid was mao for him.
Ca tain sam" Brown was the tack ana sac
aat Troubadour would not run In the Chami ION
sta Is Oh saturday. both foieicgs had hhci ~
much that II would be impossible 10 get hiHaP' tic
the IL. Soc due The Bad and
Su,dhte. aud thai neither Of tncm WIN come 70 Inv
,o.t IN a. GOOD condition as both ver In last niohtD'
Tner meeting Will excite In ems" interest," Dut VII"
both cots what Off tho race VIII not be iast'
The Junior Champion on tine -ame Gay IS sure 10
bc a ma uffcent contest. and the lariisan- OF the
scott Belmont Morris. Baldwin and Ia sn stables
arc a. extremity hopeful. with Ma, nclzer, Tea
Tray satan. F1tlJames. WOden, Sir Dixon, King
h,l Los Angeles, Caiilfct and ot..er> al the Iost
the race will certainly be on OF the greatest contests
Of two-ycaf-ods or seen IN any country.
S equation IL also turning to the rich Omnibus
States for thIe' -ycaf-of : to be run ON saturday
Au, ust TO- also with $1,000 ADDED when Iano er AZ
] % POUNDS VIII meet Laseafd at lis al mile and
half A. Lasgard is far letter staycr anu rater
than .lecder. his def ats by Kingston do not
Prove that he wi not give Hanoi gr struggle
and Hanover mus be fully himself again to give
Iaruard sev cntecn pounds at that d stance.
These are destructive days for the ooohmakers at
Monmouth when 80 many public ia'orites are WIN
ming. Seven of them Lave already hung their safes
on the willow trees and all OF thcm are waiins.
In reply to tho inquiry of 1.-TWO Phladelphians"
1t DC stated that the Monmouth trac on 81 ur-
day. August @. was not a. all muddy in the first
race, though a shower han laid the dust; but when
the fourth race was run. heavy showers having
fallen meanwhile, it was a muddy track
FIRST RACE E. HANDICAP swEEPsTAKEs. S25 EACH,
$3.50 ADDED. SIX FURLoNGs.
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